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JU offers land, helping hands to launch new Boys & Girls Club

December 2017 - The latest component of a longterm Jacksonville University plan to help revitalize its Arlington neighborhood focuses on a four-acre piece of JU-owned land now occupied by only trees and litter.

But JU has leased most of the property to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida for a $2.5 million teen club, which will also function as a laboratory of sorts for various JU academic programs and as a community meeting place.

Jaguars Cornerback Provides Thanksgiving for Families in Need

November 2017 - In the spirit of the holiday season, Jalen Ramsey, of the Jacksonville Jaguars, provided Thanksgiving dinner for 20 families in need at the Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida located in Springfield. Each family received a box filled with ingredients to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal.

October 2017 - Allen Robinson, the top receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars who’s been sidelined as of late, will be out of the lineup for the year after suffering a knee injury in the first game of the season.

Hurricane Harvey supply drive at Journey Church Jax

September 2017 - As thousands of Texas residents emerged from shelters and motels to return to their flood damaged homes, Jacksonville Pastor Mark Dickerson had his own task underway, a supply drive, partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida, to collect items for what’s to take place after the storm, clean up.

August 17 – Following continued discussions and collaborations with Duval County Public Schools, city council members, and providers, Mayor Lenny Curry has announced his commitment to supporting the unmet afterschool programming needs facing numerous communities. With his proposed recommendation to City Council of $2.69 million in additional funds, 21 sites throughout Jacksonville could now open, serving approximately 1,720 additional children.

Boys & Girls Club youth ‘spin’ their time for special Fidget Spinner Day

July 2017 - About 200 youth at the NFL YET Boys & Girls Club in Jacksonville’s Brentwood community spent an hour spinning the latest cool gadget, fidget spinners, on their fingers, foreheads, noses, knees, toes and elbows.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida to merge with Project SOS

July 2017 - The Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida, which provides after-school programs, and Jacksonville-based Project SOS, a teen empowerment nonprofit, announced Friday that they will merge to better serve area youth.

Allen Robinson’s Within Reach Foundation hosts Back to School shopping for kids

July 2017 - As a part of Jaguars wide receiver Allen Robinson’s Within Reach Foundation to provide educational opportunities and resources to youth. Allen hosted kids from the Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida at the Academy Sports + Outdoors.

Boys & girls club open house

Beaches Board Members and Unit Director, Deborah Green-Ward

March 2017 - On March 31, the Jacksonville Beach unit of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida celebrated the final day of National Boys and Girls Club Week with an open house at the 820 Seagate Ave., Jacksonville Beach clubhouse.

Officials mull changes to after-school program spending in Jacksonville

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“We cannot turn our backs on high school students. We can’t just drop them off at the curb at high school,” said Paul Martinez, CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida.

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Operation Elf spreads holiday cheer Jaguars style

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Allen Robinson hosted the second annual Operation Elf event Tuesday, where 30 children from the Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida received a new bicycle and autographed football.

malik Jackson donates ping pong tables to boys & girls clubs

You could say that Jaguars defensive tackle Malik Jackson had ping pong on his mind Wednesday rather than football. Jackson and the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation celebrated the donation of 12 new ping pong tables at the Boys & Girls Club at 555 W. 25th St. The tables will be given to every Boys & Girls Club site in Northeast Florida.

$500,000 donation brings community closer to Jacksonville's first Boys and Girls Club Teen Center

This is a rendering of teen center planned for Springfield by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida.

The Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida is a large step closer to its first Teen Center, thanks to Citibank.

The banking company announced on Tuesday that it donated $500,000 for the center. Combined with two other anonymous donations of $1.2 million and $100,000 to the organization, Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida CEO Paul Martinez said it’s only $700,000 away from its $2.5 million goal to build the center.

The newly named president and chief executive officer of Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida attended a Boys Club himself while growing up near New York City. Paul Martinez, 54, remembers playing bumper pool, ping-pong, dodge ball, whiffle ball and basketball at the Richmond Hill club from age 6 to 13. He also remembers learning how to “play nice and compete.”